In the William Family House Adam walked down the stairs to see the entire William family assembled in the living room. Lewis paced to and fro as he impatiently bit down on his nails and waited for his grandfather to come down. Adam stopped on the second stairs down and frowned slightly. “What is this? Why is everyone gathered here?” Someone raised her head and said hesitantly, “Didn’t you call for a meeting, family head?” Adam’s frown hardened and he glared at the person, “If I did, would I still be asking what you’re doing here?” Scared speechless, the person hurriedly lowered her face to the floor and said nothing else. Lewis stopped pacing around and spoke up, “I called them here, grandfather. They deserve to know what’s going on.” “What is going on? Did something happen that we are not aware of?” Another person asked. Without waiting for Adam to speak like he always did, Lewis nodded and turned to address them. “As you all know, Matilda invited my grandfather and I to a

Charles gulped down fearfully and shook his head in reply. Chloe didn’t notice what just happened and held Ethan’s arm as she laughed curtly, “Don’t be like that, Ethan. Mr. Wilkins was just asking a question. Charles hurriedly waved her aside apologetically, “Forgive me, Mrs. Black, I didn’t stop to think how unreasonable my question was. I should’ve listened to my folks and gotten married years ago.”He said the last sentence in a mumble, but Chris and Penelope heard him loud and clear. Claire had found their seat and waited for them to return for several minutes, when she didn’t see them, she got up to look for them. “Chloe, why are you still standing? The competition will be starting soon!” Claire half-shouted when she found them and began hurrying over to where they were standing. She failed to notice the man standing in front of her until after a few seconds. “Charles Wilkins!” She almost screamed, but quickly clamped her mouth shut with her palms when she recalled where

Honey was stunned by the accusation. When she looked up and saw the boy’s father glowering hard at her, she shuddered and turned to Chloe in fear. Chloe frowned and held her tightly to herself before raising her eyes to look at the little boy. When the boy saw the doubt in Chloe’s eyes, he turned to his father and pointed at his right cheek which had a red, handprint on it. “You don’t believe me? Look at my cheek, daddy She even hit me!” His father, who didn’t doubt him for a second at first, was even more enraged when he saw the hand print on his son’s face. He hadn’t seen it at first, but he didn’t hesitate to look for the girl who bullied his son after his son came up to tell him he was bullied in the restroom by a girl. He placed a hand akimbo on his waist and pointed an annoyed finger at Chloe. “What are you still waiting for? Hand your daughter to me so I can teach her a lesson for being a bully!” Chloe didn’t respond to him. Instead, she lowered her eyes to Honey who h

“What did you do? How did you do it?” Luke Marshall sputtered when he finally found his tongue. “You didn’t answer my question, Mr. Marshall. Are you a woman beater? Do you beat your wife at home? Is that why she hasn’t said anything about you cheating on her?” Chloe ignored his question and asked instead. The man pointed a finger at her in agitation and said through clenched teeth, “What nonsense are you spouting? I’ve told you not to say anything you’re not sure of. Every word you say could put my reputation in jeopardy!” Chloe narrowed her eyes in confusion “What are you talking about? When did a question become putting your reputation in jeopardy?” Luke parted his lips to say something, but clamped it shut when he realized she was right. After some seconds of being speechless, he whipped out his phone in irritation. “I’m done speaking with a lowly person like you. I will call Levi Cruz and have him fire you.” “Just give me your name. No, keep it. I’ll describe what you look

At this point, Luke couldn’t deny it anymore. So as soon as the recording ended, he slowly began retreating backward. However, someone pulled him back by his collar. “What are you doing? Let go of me this instant!” He turned his head to see it was Charles and lashed out at him immediately. “Principal Hutchinson, have you called the police?” Charles ignored him and asked Jordy Hutchinson. Jordy Hutchinson, who was on the call already, nodded and dropped his phone. Almost immediately, the school’s security rushed into the auditorium. As he was dragged away by then, he yelled at Chloe with all his might, “No! I’ll be suing! Pearl Hotel made a deal with me not to leak this to the media, you just breached that agreement so get ready for a lawsuit because I won’t stop until I milk your hotel dry!” Chloe smiled faintly, “No, Mr. Marshall. The person you made a deal with was Mr. Cruz’s former assistant. Mr. Cruz never would’ve taken the deal.” “If you want the agreement you signed back